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Newbiggin Parish, Westmorland, 1848


NEWBIGGIN (St. Edmund), a parish, in East ward and union, county of Westmorland, 7¼ miles (N.W. by N.) from Appleby; containing 140 inhabitants. It comprises 1,184 acres, of which 500 are common or waste land. Newbiggin Hall is a fine old castellated mansion, erected in the year 1533, upon the site of the previous manor-house. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at £4. 14. 2.; net income, £113; patron, W. Crackenthorpe, Esq. The church is an ancient building, repewed in 1804. Some rocks near the Hall are represented to have formerly borne various Roman inscriptions.

Extract from: A Topographical Dictionary of England comprising the several counties, cities, boroughs, corporate and market towns, parishes, and townships..... 7th Edition, by Samuel Lewis, London, 1848.

Newbiggin Civil Parish, Cumbria Newbiggin, Kirkby Thore Westmorland, Parishes and Townships, 1848
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- Overview About Newbiggin Map Street View Newbiggin is a village in the Kirkby Thore ward in the Eden district of Cumbria, located about 6 miles east of Penrith and 6 …

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